Zsa Zsa Gabor rushed to hospital just days after 99th birthday
SILVER-SCREEN star Zsa Zsa Gabor has been admitted to hospital and is awaiting surgery, according to her husband Frederic Prinz von Anhalt.
Hollywood star Zsa Zsa Gabor has been admitted to hospital
The Hollywood actress, who celebrated her 99th birthday on February 6, was rushed to UCLA Medical Centre on Monday, after she started to struggle with her breathing.
"We are waiting for the surgeons to remove her feeding tube and put in another. We don't have a date yet for the surgery," von Anhalt told Reuters.
But her husband is confident she will make it through the other side and live to celebrate her milestone birthday of 100 next year.
He added: "She talks a little but not very much. She is hanging on. I hope she will hang on for a couple more years, and celebrate her 100th birthday next year. I think everything will be ok."
Frederic Prinz von Anhalt is Zsa Zsa's ninth husband
The glamorous star is famous for roles in films such as the original Moulin Rouge
In 2010, Gabor broke her hip falling out of bed, then the following year she was forced to have her leg amputated, confining her to her Hollywood home.
The Hungarian-born star emigrated to America in 1941 and emerged during Hollywood's golden era, in a string of films such as We're Not Married!, Moulin Rouge and Lili.
Her career continued to climb, all the way through to 1996 when she graced the screen for a final time in A Very Brady Sequel, as herself.
The actress was confined to her home in 2010 after falling out of bed and breaking her hip
The couple have been together since 1986
Zsa Zsa Gabor admitted to hospital
As well as her movie star good looks, the actress is well known for her many marriages, including hotel business man Conrad Hilton, private investment banker Herbert Hutner and actor George Sanders.
Gabor was also famous for her heated temper which resulted in legal action in 1989, when she slapped a Beverly Hills police officer.
She also had a long-running feud with her Circus of the Stars co-star Elke Sommer.
Gabor and ninth husband von Anhalt tied the knot on August 14, 1986 and have been together since.